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I stumbled upon the next entry to our list of common homophones in English in an embarrassing way: I totally mixed up compliment vs. complement, myself — despite being an …

Today we have a noisy and active entry into our ever-growing list of commonly confused words in the English language: learning whether to use below or bellow in a sentence! …

Today we’re going to explore an example of the type of figurative language called an idiom: a common expression that can’t be understood but the literal meaning of the words, …

As an experienced English teacher who recently added a new job as a school librarian, I’m especially excited to answer today’s question: Is fiction real or fake? What’s the difference …

This next installment of commonly misspelled words is a highly tricky one: How do you spell 40 as a word? Is it fourty or forty? In related queries, is “40th” …

Our next entry into the list of hard words to spell in English connects the disciplines of ELA and Math… because it’s about writing a number as a word! Today, …

Time for a new entry into our hard words to spell in English list: Should we write receive or recieve — with an “ei,” or “ie?” In a related question, …

It’s time for an urgent new entry into my hard words to spell in English list. Despite being both an experienced English teacher and an artist, it has always been …

During my explorations into frequently misspelled words, a strange beast reared its head: the word “Weither.” Is this even a real word? What does it mean? If it’s spelled wrong, …

In the world of commonly misspelled words, a certain jolly one pops up all the time: “freind.” Or is it written “friend?” Learn how to spell this word correctly here, …